Fred Barnard Way was named in honour of D-Day Veteran Corporal Fred Barnard. Fred was born in Toronto, Ontario, on April 13, 1921. He enlisted in 1941 with the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada. On D-Day, Fred and his brother Don were crouched down about six men apart from each other as they approached Juno Beach in the first wave of assault. As the front ramp dropped, Fred yelled, "Give ‘em hell, Don” and the brothers jumped into waist deep water. Those were the last words spoken between them. When Fred reached the shore, he came upon Don lying on the ground. He’d been killed by a single bullet to his chest.
Fred fought in the battle to take Carpiquet Airport and was involved in the Liberation of Caen. In Quesney Woods, Fred, at this time in charge of his platoon, was seriously wounded by shrapnel in his neck, shoulder and foot. After five months of convalescence in England, Fred boarded a ship and returned to Canada. In 2007, he was award the Legion d’Honneur by the President of France and in June 2019 the City of Uxbridge held a parade and event to recognize Fred’s contribution in the Second World War.